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Application m June 24, 1925. Serial No. 39,26...

To all tvhoml it my concern:

. Be' it known that .I, MILTON B. REACH, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Springfield, in the county of Hampden and g I g Ii'rection longitudinally of 'the shaft,- this be- 15 StateofMassachusetts, hav -invented oer tain new and useful Improvements inGolf Clubs, of which the following is a specification; V

The invention relates to'means for securing metallic shafts of golfclubs to the heads thereof, and it consists in. the features hereinafterpointed out and particularly claimed.

In the accompanying'drawing Figure 1 is a sectional View of a gel f clubhead with the shaft in place.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view.

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the lower end of the shaft before thecord winding 15 applied thereto, with the upper portion part- 1y brokenaway.

In these drawings 1 indicates a golf club head of any ordinaryconstruction and 2 1ndieates a hollow' metallic shaft. This shaltextends into the neck portion 3 of the club ,,kerfs 4 which extendthrough the wall of the metal tube and in a direction transverse to thetube. These kerfs are disposed at separated points along the shaft atthat portion which is located within the socket of the head, andsurrounding the metallic shaft there is a cord of ordinary material suchas cotton, this being wound spirally on the exterior of the shaft and atintervals the cord asses through the transver ely extending erfs.\Vithin the shaft there is a filler I piece 5 preferably of wood. Afterthe cord- 1s wound as just described on the exterior of the metallicshaft, the said shaft is dip ed in glue which will saturate the cord, anat the points where the kerfs or cuts occur the glue will im regnate thecotton cord and also contact with a woodenfiller, and make a firmconnection between the cord and the filler.

After dipping, as just described, in the glue, the shaft with the cordwound thereon saturated with the glue is inserted in the socket of thegolf head so that the glue will make a firm union between the shaft andthe wooden wall of the socket of the head.

At the points where the cord passes through the kerfs a mechanicalconnection is made between the cord and the shaftwhieh will resista.tendency for displacement in a di-' ing in addition, of course, to theunion affected by the glue itself.

The shaft will extend. through the socket all the Way to the lower faceof the head where the wooden core will be exposed so that if it isdesired to disconnect the shaft from the head this'core of wood can bebored out, and then'by the introduction of hot water into the space thusprovided the glue connection can be melted for the with drawal of theshaft from thehead.

It will be seen that the formation of the shaft ready to receive thecord can be performed by a very simple act expeditiously by simply crosscutting through the wall of the hollow shaft. I

The end of the cord may be passed .through an opening formed.transversely through the lower end of the shaft and the core as at 6 andthe winding then will be carried on from this point.

I claim as my invention:

- 1. In combination with a golf club head, a hollow shaft having notchesdisposedat different points along the same, a cord wound-spirally aboutthe shaft, and at intervals entering the said notches, the said cordbeing saturated with glue and contacting with the interior wall of thesocket of the head, substantially as described.

2. In combination in a golf club, a head having a socket, ahollow shafthaving a wooden or like core at its lower end and openings in the wallof the shaft, a cord wound s irally upon the exterior of the shaft an atintervals passing through the said openings to contact with the core,said cord being saturated with glue, which unites the core and the cordwith the interior wall of the socket of the head, substantially asdescribed,

3. In combination with a golf head having a socket, a metallic shafthaving a wooden core at its lower end and provided with kerfs or crosscuts through its wall, a cord wound on theexterior of the metallic shaftand at intervals extendin through the said transverse kerfs, said corbeing saturated with me, which unites the shaft structure with 5 "thehead, substantially as described.

4. In 'combination,- a golf nlub head, a shaft having'transverse spacednotches, a

e interior wall of the socket oi cord wound spirallyaround the shaft andat intervals entering the said notches, said. cord being adhesive!secured to the interior wall of the socket o the head.

I In testimony whereof I afii'x my signature.

vMILTON B. REACH.

